Annie shares a commitment to the educational mission with clients and colleagues.
As an education lawyer, Annie works with institutions ranging from small nursing colleges to national research universities and K-12 schools. She serves as primary outside counsel to many clients and also offers a range of in-depth education regulatory advising.
Institutions with and without in-house counsel call Annie to handle specialized and emerging issues, support complex matters, manage emergencies, and provide objective, proactive outside assessments. Her work includes legal compliance audits, policy development, investigations, and customized training. Annie also helps institutions respond to regulatory investigations and actions (including U.S. Department of Education program reviews), resolve disputes, and proceed through litigation when needed. Annie regularly works with colleges, universities, healthcare systems, and other entities managing the web of legal and regulatory requirements related to merger and acquisition transactions involving education programs. As a member of the firm's AI team, Annie also engages with educational institutions on issues related to artificial intelligence and its implications.
Annie takes a special interest in issues linked to student funding and those unique to academic medical centers. To help colleges and universities maintain the flow of funding that fuels their operations, she focuses much of her practice on Title IV Federal Student Aid, scholarships, student loans, and other student finance programs. Annie extends her practice to other issues linked to Title IV Federal Student Aid and other government student funding, including Title IX, disability and other nondiscrimination, Clery Act and student safety, privacy, contract, employment/tenure, institutional governance, changes of control, and accreditation concerns. In addition, Annie concentrates on issues unique to academic medical centers, providing resources on learner and healthcare concerns arising in healthcare education programs—such as residency programs, clinical rotations, research considerations, and issues that intersect education and healthcare environments (such as privacy and vaccination considerations). She seeks to deliver positive outcomes that align with each institution's culture, values, and mission.